Complete database of events related to the internal armed conflict in Peru, extracted from the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (CVR). 5,159 events documented from 1817 to 2003.
Valentín Paniagua is sworn in as President of the Republic. This event took place in the context of the political crisis generated by the resignation of Alberto Fujimori, who had traveled to Asia from where he announced his resignation after allegations of electoral fraud in his 2000 reelection. Paniagua's inauguration …
Alberto Fujimori Fujimori travels to Asia from where he announces his resignation. On November 19, the president of the Council of Ministers, Federico Salas Guevara, officially and definitively confirms that the president of the Republic, Alberto Fujimori Fujimori Fujimori, will present his resignation before Congress. After the announcement, the Joint …
President Alberto Fujimori Fujimori, at around 9:00 p.m. on September 16, announced his decision to call new elections, in which he would not participate, and the immediate deactivation of the SIN. This announcement follows the Kouri-Montesinos video scandal and marks the beginning of the end of the Fujimori regime.
On April 9, 2000, presidential elections were held in Peru, resulting in the victory of Alberto Fujimori. The CVR report describes this victory as "murky", suggesting irregularities in the electoral process. These elections represented the re-election of Fujimori, who had already won in 1990 and 1995. The electoral result was …
Alberto Fujimori traveled to Asia in 2000, where he announced his resignation from the presidency of the Republic of Peru. This occurred in the context of a serious political crisis unleashed after his fraudulent re-election in April 2000. The resignation from abroad marked the end of the Fujimorist regime that …
Alberto Fujimori executed a self-coup d'état, calling his government the Government of Emergency and National Reconstruction. This political act sought to consolidate his power and present himself as the leader capable of defeating terrorism and pulling Peru out of the economic, political, social and moral crisis. The self-coup was part …
Ricardo Belmont Casinelli became the new mayor of Lima on November 29, 1989. This event took place in a context of serious economic and political crisis during the APRA government of Alan García Pérez. The year 1989 was characterized by intense political violence, with 75 elected authorities assassinated (32%) and …
Luis Alberto Sánchez Sánchez was appointed Prime Minister of Peru in May 1989, replacing Armando Villanueva del Campo who resigned from the post. This cabinet reshuffle took place in a context of severe economic and political crisis, as well as intensifying subversive violence. Along with Sanchez, Agustin Mantilla Campos was …
Armando Villanueva del Campo resigned from the cabinet in May 1989. His resignation took place in a context of worsening economic and political crisis, as well as an intensification of subversive violence. During his tenure as Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, Villanueva had announced a policy of a …
On April 26, 1989, the cabinet headed by Prime Minister Armando Villanueva del Campo was questioned before the Chamber of Deputies. The cabinet had to answer a list of more than ninety questions. This interpellation took place in the context of the economic crisis and the situation of political violence …
The Peruvian Congress decides to bring forward the general elections to the second Sunday of March 1990, instead of the second Sunday of April as indicated in the current electoral law. This decision was taken in a context of serious economic and political crisis, with an accumulated inflation of 1722% …
The president of the Council of Ministers, Armando Villanueva del Campo, and his cabinet appeared before Congress to respond on the issues of economic crisis and subversion, particularly on the Uchiza case. On April 26, the Villanueva cabinet was questioned before the Chamber of Deputies to respond to a list …
On November 6, 1988, the SODE (Solidarity and Democracy), through a televised intervention of its general secretary and congressman Aurelio Loret de Mola, publicly requested the resignation of President Alan Garcia Perez. This request was made in the context of a serious economic and political crisis that the APRA government …
On October 11, 1988, General EP Victor Raul Silva Tuesta, head of the First Military Region, retired at his request. This retirement took place in a context of political and economic crisis, with rumors of a coup d'état that were denied by the Minister of Defense, General EP Enrique López …
In the context of a deep economic and political crisis, Oiga magazine published an editorial entitled "Between the coup and the presidential resignation". This headline reflects the climate of political instability that the government of Alan Garcia Perez was going through in October 1988. Rumors of a coup d'état were …
The ministerial cabinet as a whole resigned on July 14, 1986, after the serious events that took place in the prisons of Lima and Callao in June of the same year. The National Directive Committee of the IU had proposed the resignation of the cabinet considering the political responsibility for …
On June 18, 1986, detainees held for terrorism in three prisons in Lima and Callao (Lurigancho, El Frontón and Santa Bárbara) rioted. In Santa Barbara two subversives died on June 19. The government ordered the Joint Command to have the military justice system carry out the necessary investigations to determine …
Carlos Rodríguez Pastor resigned as Minister of Economy in March 1984. He was replaced by José Benavides Muñoz, who held the portfolio of Energy and Mines, which was assumed by Juan Incháustegui Vargas. Previously, in May 1983, members of the governing party had criticized Rodríguez Pastor. In October 1983, the …
In April 1983, Fernando Rincón resigned as Minister of the Interior. This resignation took place in a context of intense criticism of his administration, particularly due to the Uchuraccay massacre that took place in January of that year and the systematic human rights violations denounced during his term. Despite criticism …
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